Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-04-26 | Page 4 | Eastern Boxers Cop Honors in A. A. U. Tourney

Eastern Boxers Cop Honors in A. A A. A U U. Tourney BOSTON April 26 AP The AP-The The eastern boxers carried off ore most ol ot the honors in the A. A A A. A U. U national amateur championship tournament which ended h here re this morning af after atter at- at ter three days of boxing Seven of ot the tile eight nati national nal titles were won by boys bos from Massachusetts New NewYork York and Pennsylvania and the theother theother theother other championship went to a Call Call- Two New Yorkers Harry Lown Lawn and George George Hoffman Hoffman won von national titles for lor the second consecutive year Lown successfully defended his welterweight crown and I HoffmanS Hoff Hoff- f- f manS man who had outgrown his pound title replaced it with tile the heavyweight championship 3 FROM MASSACHUSETTS Three Massachusetts boys were were finals victors Johnny Daley of Waltham took took the pound honors Harry Harr Devine of Worcester was supreme in the pound division and Ensign Harry II H. Henderson of ot the naval academy whose home is In was the best middleweight middle middle- yei weight ht in the tournament which lasted for more than thirty-one thirty hours Steve of Buffalo led the pound 13 division and Leon Lucas of Philadelphia the only champion to win by a knockout was the tle best in the light heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- wel weight ht class RECALLS LABARBA Four years ago the tile great Fidel Labarba of California made the American Olympic boxing team by winning the national flyweight title and this morning Hyman Miller l of Los Angeles stepped into the Olympic Olympic Olympic pic berth Labarba gave up when he lie entered the professional ring Miller beat Gene Blanco Biane of ot Dos Boston ton for the pound championship All but one of ot the final bouts were closely contested Lucas was the exception He knocked out Dave Maier Maler Milwaukee 1 light heavyweight heavy heavy- weight a few seconds after atter the first st bell sounded